In the 1970s and early 1980s, Anchorage, Alaska, was stalked by a predator hiding in plain sight. Robert Hansen, a quiet baker, devoted father, and seemingly ordinary member of the community, was secretly hunting women in the wilderness, kidnapping them, assaulting them, and releasing them into the remote woods before tracking them like game. For years, his crimes went unnoticed, protected by his reputation and the harsh, isolated landscape he knew better than anyone. In this episode, we follow the investigation that finally exposed the Butcher Baker, the survivors who helped break the case, and the chilling methodical nature behind his violence. Through the lens of his Aquarius Sun and his Capricorn Moon and Venus, we explore the emotional detachment, rigid control, and cold calculation that fueled one of the most disturbing killers in American true-crime history.

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